I want to use input y to do saving thing,and r to do resuming, but then i write it in the following codes,and then I input y or r,I just to be noticed ""Please enter two positve numbers" this line code "if(x==(int)('y'))"and next line is ignored.how could this happen

int main(){
cout<<"It's player_"<<player+1<<"'s turn please input a row and col,to save and exit,input 0,resume game input"<<endl;
while(true){
    cin>>x;
    if(x==(int)('y')) {save();has_saved=true;break;}
        if(x==(int)('r')) {resume();has_resumed=true;break;}
    cin>>y;
    if(cin.fail()){
        cout<<"Please enter two positve numbers"<<endl;
        cin.clear();
        cin.sync();}

    else if (x>n||x<1||y<1||y>n) {
        cout<<"your must input a positive number less or equal than "<<n<<endl;
        continue;}
    else if(chessboard[x][y]!=' ')
    {cout<<"Wrong input please try again!"<<endl;
    continue;}

    else {
        chessboard[x][y]=player_symbol[player+1];
        break;
    }

}
}